DictionaryRoot: -al
Anglo-French
-al
pertaining to
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noun
trial
TRY-uhl/ˈtraɪəl/
A court proceeding to examine evidence and decide a case.
Etymology
The verb behind trial meant both picking out and trying or examining. The legal noun makes that examination a formal court process for determining guilt, innocence, or the rightness of a claim.